Tarpon Fishing Tournament, Pamlico Sound, Oriental, NC,Neuse River

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"Service Above Self"
District No. 7720
Club No. 6120

Post Office Box 205
Oriental, NC 28571
252-249-1014
FAX 252-249-2700

Oriental Rotary Club
All Release

Tarpon
Tournament
July 30 - August 1, 2004

OVER $13,000.00 in Cash & Prizes

PROCEEDS BENEFIT
THE ORIENTAL ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Providing Scholarships for Service-Oriented Students

Prizes and Trophies
Tournament Schedule
Captain's Form
Observer's Form
will be posted in May

Official Tournament Rules
Tournament History

Limited to 75 boats
Cash and merchandise prizes
Optional Tournament Within Tournament
Trophy for Most Skates Released

Tournament Headquarters Location - Neuse River Motel, South Ave, Oriental

Captains Entry Form
Observers Entry Form

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

DATE TIME EVENT

Friday, July 30

5:00 PM     Check in
6:30 PM     Captains & Observers Meeting
7:30 PM     Social /"Early Bird" Drawing

Saturday, July 31

6:00     AM Pickup Scorecard/ Observer
7:00 AM     Lines In
5:00 PM     Lines Out
6:30 PM     Check In
7:00 PM     Barbecue Dinner / "Door Prize" Drawings

Sunday, August 1

6:00 AM     Pickup Scorecard/ Observer
7:00 AM     Lines In
2:00 PM     Lines Out
3:30 PM Check In 4:00 PM     Awards Presentation /"No Joy" Drawings

River Neuse Motel, South Avenue, Oriental

Tournament History

Over $140,000 in scholarships and awards to college bound High School seniors.

Over $104,000 in prize money to fishermen

Entries by year: 26, 46, 64, 70, 72, 74,52,37,56, 55

Releases by year: 1, 21, 55, 25, 18, 5,21,17,7, 20

Winning Releases by year: 1, 3, 5, 5, 3, 1,6,5,2, 5

Since Skates (Cow Nosed Ray) are present at the same time as Tarpon and take the same bait, we award a trophy the captain who is lucky enough to catch the most of these "pancake" tarpons". The daily record is now 79.

TROPHIES & PRIZES, 2004

based on 75 entrants

1st place prize     $4500.00
2nd place prize     $2250.00
3rd place prize     $1125.00
4th place prize     $900.00
5th place prize     $788.00
6th place prize     $675.00
7th place prize     $563.00
8th place prize     $450.00

Over $14,000 was raised in 2003 to support Oriental Rotary Scholarship program

Tournament within the Tournament

Each TWT is a separate contest
Prize money is based on the number of entrants
All prizes will be awarded
TWT prizes are not Tournament prizes
Entrants must be entered in the Tournament
Prizes are awarded based on Tournament catches

If enough fish are not caught to award all prizes for a TWT, the unclaimed prizes will be pooled, divided by the number of unclaimed prizes and that number of equal prizes will be awarded by a drawing from those entrants of that TWT who did not catch fish.

Championship TWT

Open to any entrant
Entry fee $150. (50 boats = $7500)
Prize payout: 1st place 50%, 2nd place 30%, 3rd place 10%, retained 10%

Sportsman TWT

Open only to boats where no one on the boat has previously caught a fish in the Oriental Tarpon Tournament
Entry fee $100
Prize payout: 1st place 40%, 2nd place 25%, 3rd place 15%, 4th place 10%, retained 10%

"Early bird" Drawing

$250 prize to boat drawn from entries received before 5:00 PM June 28, 2003

"No Joy" Drawing

Merchandise prize winners drawn from boats who don't win any other Tournament prize

Official Tournament Rules / Tournament History
Tournament Schedule / Captain's Form/ Observer's Form will be posted in May of year of tournement

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